This formula, known as CAR, will greatly assist you in becoming an effective “storyteller” while discussing your past experience and successes. It works very well with answering behavioural-based interview questions.Context = First, you give the hiring manager a brief description of the situation that you were in. Action = Second, you describe the specific steps and strategy you implemented to deal with the above situation....

1. You Have a Bad Resume or Cover Letter Having a strong, professional resume strongly enhances your chances of being called for job interviews and is vital to increasing your career opportunities. Many resume services will provide you with free resume critiques and this valuable feedback can be used to improve your resume. If you are in school, visit your career services centre and get free resume advice from a career p...

You see an exciting job posting and email your resume, hoping to get a response from the employer, but unfortunately you are left feeling frustrated, thinking days later, “How come they did not phone me about the position after I sent them my resume?” Here are four possible reasons why, no one is reading your resume. Your resume is not optimized for computer scanning software: With the growth of the Internet, the way we fin...